I knew this was coming …

A little bit of me is angry to hear this news, not because the store closed, but because I feel they weren’t truthful when I asked — repeatedly — if they were going out of business. (The stock was getting less and less.)

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Going out of business is the last thing any business wants. My guess is it wasn’t dishonesty, but rather they were trying to hang on for awhile, figured they were going into their busy season and wanted to see where they stood after the ski season. The burden of staying open became too much and they had to make the fatal closing step.

Maybe the person you spoke with honestly didn’t know the status of the store’s future.

I worked at a semiconductor plant once upon a time. The company Christmas party was on a Friday and the GM was there yukking it up, not a care in the world. The next Monday, we were all gathered into the lunch room, where he told us the plant was closing and some of us could leave immediately and some others would be asked to stay on a couple weeks to finish up the last wafers.

The employee of any place shutting down is always the last to know. If you told them in advance they would either steal, find a new job or just leave before hand.

I’m sure although they may not have known the exact date they knew it was coming at some point. Most knowledgable skiers purchase their quality ski equipment via the internet these days at about half the price of a local store. So a store devoted to one type of sport equipment is in a very bad place these days.